Antonios Triantafyllakis

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I believe in a world of equal rights and opportunities, where young people are active global citizens that embrace diversity with empathy and are ready to build an innovative, inclusive and sustainable future, today.

I combine experiential learning with gamification in my work as a trainer and facilitator towards realising that dream. This ensures a holistic, playful and impactful approach to capacity building, adaptable to the learners' needs.

Antonios Triantafyllakis has 6 references for past work as a trainer.

Antonios Triantafyllakis

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Current occupation

Learning Designer & Gamification Coach

Work experience

I design and implement engaging educational activities to upskill and reskill people on skills for the 21st century. I provide training and education on soft skills, coaching and consulting on experiential learning, gamification and game-based learning, facilitate meetings and workshops, and occasionally do game design, always focusing on learning. I collaborate with freelance trainers, NGOs and purpose-driven companies worldwide to fulfil my mission.

I regularly hold workshops and courses on 21st-century skills for young people, coaching and consulting on experiential learning, gamification and games-based learning for purpose-oriented companies and freelancers.

When I facilitate, I focus on the learners creating the content. At the same time, I provide the structure for them to thrive in a creative and collaborative process through which everyone learns by experience, has fun, and is ready to apply the skills gained directly into action!

I'm an active member of the International Youth Work Trainers Guild (IYWT), the Octalysis Prime community of gamification experts, Factory Berlin (the most prominent tech hub in Europe), and the Trainers' Forum (TsF) community.

I've proudly co-designed the Training of Advanced Trainers of IFMSA (the world's most prominent medical students' association, present in 123 countries on six continents) and delivered TAT courses for the organisation across the globe. I have served as Speaker of the AEGEE-Academy (the official pool of trainers of AEGEE-Europe - one of Europe's largest interdisciplinary youth organisations) and tripled its capacity while improving its strategic position. I have delivered more than 700 hours of training/facilitation in a multicultural context to over 2000 learners in more than 80 international events for over 40 organisations on three continents.

I have also worked as a visiting professor for GBSB (Global Business School Barcelona) from 2020 to 2022, teaching "Enabling Gamification through Digital Technologies" in the Fall Quarter of the Online Master in Digital Business.

Furthermore, I have worked as a game designer for the following EU-funded projects:
▫ Climate for All - Games for Education on Sustainability (my brainchild, which I'm also coordinating and is an ongoing project) - 2023-present
▫ StrateCrowd - Crowdfunding Strategies for Business Sustainability - 2020-2022
▫ K2Games - Learning by playing - 2018-2021

Below is a selected list of international projects I've worked on.

I have worked as a full-time trainer/facilitator in:
▫ Strengthening Identity (Germany, 2024)
▫ Breaking the Burnout Cycle: A Journey for Youth Workers (Malta, 2024)
▫ More Networking, More Exchanges, More Europe (Germany, 2023)
▫ Digital Skills for NGOs (Germany, 2023)
▫ Time of Changes, Europe of Changes (Germany, 2022)
▫ Green Inclusion Seminar (Dutch National Agency of Erasmus+, SALTO Inclusion & Diversity, German and Belgian French-Speaking National Agencies - Netherlands 2022)
▫ Training New Trainers at MoroCamp 4.0 (IFMSA-Morocco - Morocco 2022)
▫ International Youth Conference 2021 (Youth Alliance Krusevo, North Macedonia)
▫ Future of Education Hackathon (N3XTCODER - Online, 2021)
▫ Future of Education Hackathon (N3XTCODER - Online, 2020)
▫ International Youth Conference 2019 (Youth Alliance Krusevo, North Macedonia)
▫ pre-General Assembly of IFMSA August Meeting | Training of Advanced Trainers (Taiwan, 2019)
▫ Training New Trainers China 2019 (IFMSA-China training)
▫ Local Training Course 2019 of AEGEE-Budapest (Hungary)
▫ Regional Training Course Iasi (AEGEE-Academy training - Romania 2019)
▫ pre-General Assembly of IFMSA March Meeting | Training of Advanced Trainers (Slovenia, 2019)
▫ Sub Regional Training Belgium: Changemakers SRT | Training of Advanced Trainers (IFMSA - Belgium 2018)
▫ Youth Against Extremism and Radicalisation (Erasmus+ training - Hungary 2018)
▫ Mini Human Resources European School Moskva 2018 (AEGEE-Academy training - Russia)
▫ Meanwhile in Siberia (New Year Event of AEGEE-Moskva/Tyumen - Russia 2018)
▫ Training New Trainers Bucuresti 2017 (AEGEE-Academy training - Romania)
▫ Transsiberian Dream. On cloud 9! (Summer University of AEGEE-Moskva - Russia, 2017)
▫ YO!Fest 2017 (European Youth Forum event - Netherlands)
▫ GROW (Scoala de Valori / AIESEC project - Romania, 2017)
▫ Training New Trainers Cluj-Napoca 2016 (AEGEE-Academy training - Romania)
▫ Local Training Course 2016 of AEGEE-Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
▫ A taste of FRES (AEGEE-Cluj-Napoca board training - Romania, 2016)
▫ Democracy, where are you going? (AEGEE-Madrid event - Spain, 2016)
▫ AEGEE-Bergamo Teambuilding Weekend (Italy, 2015)
▫ HyperYouth3000 (Erasmus+ training – Denmark, 2015)
▫ Network Meeting Kastoria 2015 (AEGEE-Europe event - Greece)
▫ Summer University Project School Cluj-Napoca 2015 (AEGEE-Academy/SUCT training, Romania)
▫ There and back again - Winter LTC 2015 (AEGEE-Heraklio event - Greece)
▫ Summer University Project School Izmir 2014 (AEGEE-Academy/SUCT training - Turkey)
▫ MATRIX activism 2.0 (Youth in Action training – Georgia, 2014)
▫ FYGO - Feeling Younger by Getting Older (Grundtvig project – Greece, 2014)

And as a part-time trainer/facilitator in:
▫ Erasmus+ Future Focused Youth Ukraine (Online, 2023)
▫ Trainers Yard (HelMSIC - Greece, 2022)
▫ CroMSIC General National Assembly (Croatia, 2022)
▫ TED Circles (facilitated discussions on a monthly theme inspired by TED talks - at Factory Berlin & Online, 2020-2022)
▫ European Youth Event 2021 (European Parliament - Strasbourg, France)
▫ EYP Summer Academy 2021 (European Youth Parliament - Online & in Prague, Czech Republic)
▫ 19th North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress (Income Movement - Online, 2021)
▫ The Art and Game of Meaningful Connections. Want to Play? (Creative Mornings & Cozy Juicy Real - Online, 2021)
▫ CONVERGE21: The Workshop Edition (Convercent by OneTrust - Online, 2021)
▫ The Reconnection Series: Reconnect with Others (The Call to Connection - Online, 2021)
▫ Online Training Festival (week-long training event by Trainers' Forum - Online, 2021)
▫ European Regional Meeting 2021 - preEuRegMe (IFMSA - Online, 2021)
▫ Annual Peer Education Workshop of MMSA's Standing Committee on Peer Education and Training (Online, 2020)
▫ Future For All congress (Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie - Online, 2020)
▫ sense_month, a digital event series on mental health and well-being (makesense Berlin event - Germany/Online 2020)
▫ EYE Online (European Parliament European Youth Event - Online, 2020)
▫ Summer University of AEGEE-Voronezh/Rostov-na-Donu/Kharkiv/Odesa (Russia/Ukraine 2018)
▫ Local meeting of AEGEE-Passau (AEGEE-Passau event - Germany 2018)
▫ Citizenship at its Grassroots (AEGEE-Europe event - Poland 2018)
▫ Connecting Europe (AEGEE-Europe event - Greece 2018)
▫ Network Meeting Cluj-Napoca 2017 of AEGEE-Cluj-Napoca (AEGEE-Europe event - Romania)
▫ Network Meeting Kyiv 2017 of AEGEE-Kyiv (AEGEE-Europe event - Ukraine)
▫ Spring Agora Enschede 2017 (AEGEE-Europe statutory event - Netherlands)
▫ European Planning Meeting Zagreb 2017 (AEGEE-Europe statutory event, Croatia)
▫ Trainers' Forum 2017 (Poland)
▫ Network Meeting Ankara 2016 of AEGEE-Ankara (AEGEE-Europe event - Turkey)
▫ Autumn Agora Chisinau 2016 (AEGEE-Europe statutory event - Moldova)
▫ 17th University on Youth and Development (Council of Europe - Spain, 2016)
▫ Ideas Factory - Planning Meeting (AEGEE-Europe statutory event - Spain, 2016)
▫ Summer University 2016 of AEGEE-Kyiv (Ukraine)
▫ Spring Agora Bergamo 2016 (AEGEE-Europe statutory event - Italy)
▫ Borderless Europe: Blessing or Burden? (AEGEE-Europe event, Romania, 2016)
▫ Euro-BRICS Young Leaders' Platform Planning Meeting (France, 2016)
▫ European Planning Meeting Leiden 2016 (AEGEE-Europe statutory event, Netherlands)
▫ Gala Ball Weekend in Heidelberg (AEGEE-Heidelberg event, Germany, 2016)
▫ dioNYsiaE: The Revival of Gods (AEGEE-Salerno event – Italy, 2015)
▫ Leaders for Europe (EuroDEMOS project – Romania, 2015)
▫ Network Meeting Krakow 2015 of AEGEE-Krakow (AEGEE-Europe event - Poland)
▫ Summer University 2015 of AEGEE-Dresden/Wroclaw/Berlin (Poland, Germany)
▫ Summer Universities 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 of AEGEE-Heraklio (Greece)
▫ Pitstop 2013 (Youth in Action training - Austria)
▫ The threads that connect us (Grundtvig project - Greece, 2012)

I love volunteering and have been doing so for more than two decades, starting even before getting won over by international youth work, which revealed my passion for Non-Formal Education and Experiential Learning. I've worked for various youth organisations, international, European and national NGOs and informal local groups.

I also have professional experience as a podcaster, web & graphic designer, cinema manager, computer or sound technician and singer/stage performer. I do, however, value my volunteer experience more, as I feel I have developed many more skills non-formally rather than formally by being given a chance to manage a team or coordinate a project/event and, above all, to teach people in an experiential, interactive and fun way, which has led to pursuing a professional career as a soft skills trainer/facilitator and consultant.

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Educational pathway

My educational background is in IT (I studied in the Department of Applied Information Technology and Multimedia of the Technological Educational Institute of Crete). However, I value my non-formal education much more, as I consider it what has defined my personality into what it now is (or at least its good parts).

I have experience working as a trainer/facilitator, following the Non-Formal Education framework and Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle in numerous projects. I currently also combine those with gamification and game-based learning, to increase engagement and effectiveness even further. These concepts are responsible for some of my greatest memories, and I can no longer imagine my life without similar experiences!

My experience as a trainer began when a trainer at one of the more than 200 international events I've attended convinced me that it would be a good idea. So, my training adventures began happily and continued happily ever after!

Fields of training expertise

  • (intermediate) Animation
  • (beginner) Bullying & Harassment
  • (advanced) Campaigning & Awareness Raising
  • (beginner) Change Management
  • (expert) Citizenship Education
  • (advanced) Coaching & Mentoring
  • (expert) Communication Skills
  • (beginner) Conflict Management & Mediation
  • (expert) Creativity & Art
  • (beginner) Crisis Management
  • (advanced) Diversity & Anti-Racism
  • (advanced) Drama & Theatre
  • (beginner) Education through Sports
  • (expert) Environment & Ecology
  • (expert) Entrepreneurship (Social)
  • (expert) Equal Opportunities
  • (advanced) Evaluation & Assessment
  • (expert) Event Management
  • (intermediate) Financial Management
  • (advanced) Fundraising
  • (advanced) Gender Awareness & Mainstreaming
  • (expert) Global Education
  • (expert) Group Dynamics & Motivation
  • (advanced) Health & Prevention
  • (advanced) Human Rights
  • (expert) Intercultural Learning
  • (expert) International Youth Work
  • (intermediate) Labour Rights & Employment
  • (advanced) Leadership Development
  • (advanced) Lobbying & Advocacy
  • (expert) New Information Technologies
  • (expert) Open Space Technology
  • (expert) Organizational Management
  • (advanced) Outdoor & Experiential Training
  • (intermediate) Peace Education
  • (expert) People Management & Cooperation
  • (expert) Personal Development & Empowerment
  • (expert) Project Management
  • (advanced) Public Relations & Marketing
  • (expert) Public Speaking
  • (expert) Recognition of NFLearning
  • (advanced) Social Inclusion & Exclusion
  • (expert) Social Media
  • (expert) Storytelling & Humour
  • (intermediate) Time Management
  • (expert) Training of Trainers
  • (advanced) Valorisation of Projects (DEOR)
  • (advanced) Volunteer Programmes
  • (expert) Youth Exchanges
  • (advanced) Youth Information Work
  • (expert) Youth Participation & Initiatives
  • (expert) Youth Policy
  • (beginner) Youth Violence & Criminality
  • (advanced) Youth Worker Training

Knowledge about institutions and programmes

  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA1) Youth Exchanges
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA1) Training & Networking
  • (advanced) Erasmus+ (KA2) Transnational Youth Initiatives
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA2) Strategic Partnerships
  • (advanced) Erasmus+ (KA2) Capacity Building (other countries in the World)
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA3) Youth Policy Meetings
  • (intermediate) European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (lifelong learning, non-youth)
  • (beginner) European Youth Centres (CoE)
  • (intermediate) European Youth Foundation (CoE)
  • (beginner) Solidarity Fund for Youth Mobility (CoE)
  • (expert) European Institutions
  • (intermediate) Youth Partnership CoE-COM
  • (advanced) International Youth Structures
  • (intermediate) Private Foundations
  • (intermediate) United Nations

Working with specific target groups

  • (beginner) Children
  • (beginner) Families
  • (advanced) Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Transgender work
  • (expert) Intercultural Teams
  • (intermediate) Marginalized & Excluded Youth
  • (intermediate) Men's Issues & Groups
  • (intermediate) Minorities
  • (beginner) Religious Youth Groups
  • (intermediate) Women's Issues & Groups
  • (beginner) Young People in/from Conflict Areas
  • (beginner) Young People with a Mental Disability
  • (beginner) Young People with a Physical Disability
  • (beginner) Young People with a Sensory Disability

Experience with specific geographical regions

  • (beginner) Africa
  • (advanced) Asia
  • (expert) Eastern Europe and Caucasus
  • (intermediate) Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation
  • (expert) European Cooperation
  • (expert) Global Cooperation
  • (beginner) Latin America
  • (beginner) North-North Cooperation
  • (beginner) North-South Co-operation
  • (advanced) South East Europe

Other skills

Gamification, Experiential Learning, Virtual Facilitation, Game-Based Learning

Language Skills

  • (fluent) English
  • (fluent) Greek

Trainer references

  • MATRIX activism 2.0

    Awaiting validation (requested 2018-01-17)
    The training activity took place
    in Rustavi, Georgia
    organised by KinoYeast
    January 21-29, 2014
  • Summer University Project School Cluj Napoca

    Awaiting validation (requested 2018-01-17)
    The training activity took place
    in Cluj Napoca, Romania
    organised by AEGEE
    March 5-12, 2015
  • Summer University Project School Izmir

    Awaiting validation (requested 2018-01-17)
    The training activity took place
    in Izmir, Turkey
    organised by AEGEE
    March 14-21, 2014
  • NWM Kastoria

    Awaiting validation (requested 2018-08-01)
    The training activity took place
    in Kastoria, Greece
    organised by AEGEE-Kastoria
    April 23-26
  • There and back again - Winter LTC 2015

    Awaiting validation (requested 2019-01-14)
    The training activity took place
    in Anogeia, Greece
    organised by AEGEE-Heraklio
    January 30th - February 1st
  • HYPERYOUTH 3000

    Awaiting validation (requested 2018-03-17)
    The training activity took place
    in Elsinore, Denmark
    organised by Crossing Borders
    November 3rd – 11th, 2015

This profile was last modified on 2024-07-24

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